Jacob Peacock
Acting
Biography
A skilled character and period actor, Jacob Peacock’s distinct 6’4” physic and extensive acting and stunt training have earned him roles in national commercials and theatrical projects from stage to screen. His transformational period acting skills and stunt work are featured in the Arcade Fire video for “We Exist” where he fights with Andrew Garfield, and in the films “David and Goliath,” “The Legend of Bull,” and “What’s Eating Todd.” He can be seen in the upcoming feature film “20th Century Women” opposite Annette Benning and Billy Crudup, and in “The Bad Batch” directed by Ana Lily Amirpour and starring Jason Momoa, Keanu Reeves and Jim Carrey. Jacob was showcased in a multi-page feature for Maxim magazine (August 2015) for the unique paleo workout he co-developed, which launched the Real Viking Brothers channel on YouTube, a reoccurring series in the magazine, and plans in development for a short film and comic. He is currently studying at The Stephen Book Acting Workshop with Stephen Book and has also studied improvisation at Turbine Arts Collective under Robert Watzke, stunts and swordplay at The Academy of Theatrical combat under Jan Bryant and Dan Speaker, and is currently studying at Swordplay LA under Tim Weske. Skills include basketball, swordplay, theater combat, Weapons, Sailing, Most Sports, ETC. A California native, Jacob was raised in wine country where he started his stage training in community theater at age five. He resides in Santa Monica can be frequently seen practicing his The Real Viking Brothers workouts on the beaches and wilderness areas of Los Angeles.
Known For
After being exiled to a fenced-off wasteland, Arlen is kidnapped by a group of cannibals and goes on a journey to reunite a missing girl with her father.
The Bad Batch
In 1979 Santa Barbara, California, Dorothea Fields is a determined single mother in her mid-50s who is raising her adolescent son, Jamie, at a moment brimming with cultural change and rebellion. Dorothea enlists the help of two younger women – Abbie, a free-spirited punk artist living as a boarder in the Fields' home and Julie, a savvy and provocative teenage neighbour – to help with Jamie's upbringing.
20th Century Women
A modern-day witch uses spells and magic to get men to fall in love with her, with deadly consequences.
The Love Witch
At the crossroads of two great ancient empires, a simple shepherd named David transforms into a powerful warrior and takes on a terrifying giant. One of history's most legendary battles is retold in a stylistic, bloody tale of courage and faith.
David and Goliath
Santiago Sarka is the ruthless head of his own criminal empire in Los Angeles, and he doesn't feel the same way as his brother, Antonio. He owns the mayor, other city officials and high ranking police officers, controls the drug cartels and holds the city and its people captive. He senses an ominous shift is coming, and he'll put everything on the line to keep his brother out of the way.
The Rally - LA
A man with a troubled past decides to turn his life around after a heroic act by training for a mixed martial arts tournament.
American Warrior
A gritty, international tale of four separate stories woven together by a common theme: the Rapture.
Final: The Rapture
It's all part of the plan as four friends in southern California decide to rob a music festival. The only problem; someone else already has their eye on the money.
Yucca Fest
A white guy pretends to be a black female talk radio host and becomes a huge hit.
Loqueesha
Todd's disappearance from his birthday campout has nothing to do with a flesh-eating freak from a telltale campfire story but more to do with a virus signaling the start of the apocalypse!
What's Eating Todd?
A young, struggling country singer becomes the driver for an old, crazed, honky-tonk legend that could possibly help him break into stardom.
Buckshot
Thaddeus Hyatt is a chef who has mad cow. He kidnaps foreigners, kills them, injects his own blood into them, then feeds their meat to unexpecting folks in his restaurants.
The Butcher
Mili watched in horror as her mother was murdered, becoming another MMIW statistic. Now 17, Mili’s former crew kidnaps her girlfriend. Tribal cops and an agent from the Federal Missing and Murdered Unit are on the case, but Mili waited for the authorities once…she won’t wait this time.
Gift of Fear
As a boy, Clark always felt like the odd bird in his conservative ranch family. To cope, he created a comic book, “The Adventures of Odd Bird,” making himself the hero of his own story. Now 19, a publisher is interested in his work and Clark needs to return home to get the comic manuscript…and tell his mom his truth. Clark fears once he tells her he’s gay, he won’t be welcome there again.
Odd Bird
Music video for Arcade Fire's "We Exist".
Arcade Fire: We Exist
A time travel experiment in the future goes haywire, and one of its subjects falls back from the future to our present. Now she's a prisoner, with memories of a mission gone wrong. Stuck in the present, the future makes a visit to settle a score.
Hangman Lives
Jay, a non-binary 40-something photographer, attempts to move across the country in the midst of separating from her wife. Along the way, she takes a detour to stay with her high school best friend who she used to be secretly in love with, and befriends a lonely gay comedian who adds humor and levity to her life. Memories of the past resurface as Jay searches for the joy and courage she needs to move forward with her next chapter in life.
Maybe Someday
IN PURSUIT is a dramatic comedy with an action twist about a young couple who arrives in their new home-city after a cross country road trip, only to have the car filled with all their belongings commandeered in a police chase. Their journey to retrieve everything they own forces them to examine their relationship and decide if they're in pursuit of the same things. Can they recover their belongings from their old life? Are they able to start a new life with nothing but each other? It's heartfelt, romantic, and action-packed--and opens with an honest-to-God foot/vehicle action-film police chase.